Way-station

Just then, as it happened, the train reached a solitary way-station.

Here Belinsky has reached a way-station on the route to something else.

At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.

At the same time, Mano Majra serves as the site of a murder-burglary, attempted communist activities, and “ghost train” way-station.